BRAKE PADS NEED REPLACEMENT, CAUSING SQUEAKING NOISE.
1995 Chevrolet Blazer complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1995 record →
THE VEHICLE IS EXPERENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. HAD TO HAVE THEM REPLACED 8 TIMES WINTHIN 30, 000 MILES. DEALER CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK
GOING DOWN AN INCLINE AT 30 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE BRAKES WENT TO THE BACK OF THE FLOOR BECAUSE THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD BROKEN, CAUSING A COLLISION WITH A CONCRETE CURB. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
N EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURE, ABS CONTROL CABLE SENSORS, SHORTENS & SNAPS/BREAKS AFTER HITTING SPEED BUMP, MAKING ABS BRAKING IMPOSSIBLE. MFR DOES NOT MAKE LONGER CABLES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WAS INFORMED THAT THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, WILL FIX WHEN WEATHER'S WARMER. *AK
AFTER DRIVING APPROX 8 MILES CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM AUTO AND PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY, OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE ENGINE PART. *AK
BRAKES PADS REPLACED.
DEFROSTER FAILED TO CLEAR WINDSHIELD, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.
ABS WENT OUT. DEALER REPLACED ABS. NOW WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IT MAKES LOUD NOISE. *AK
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
BRAKES FAILED.
WAS DRIVING DOWN HILL, MAKING A TURN INTO A DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE STALLED. *AK
GAS TANK NOT DESIGNED WITH PROTECTIVE SHIELD, CAUSING DAMAGE UPON HITTING A PIECE OF WOOD IN THE ROADWAY, ALSO DAMAGED FUEL GAUGE.
AIR BAG FAILED TO COME OUT ON IMPACT. *AK
STALLING.
HAD BRAKES REPLACED 3 TIMES PLUS ONE ROTOR AFTER 16,000; WAS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP, 4WHEEL DRIVE WEAR EXCESSIVELY WHEN RIDING BRAKES; POSSIBLY BRAKES TOO SMALL FOR BLAZER; *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, HE STATES THAT HIS TACHOMETER HAD HIGH REVS AND THAT UPON USING THE BRAKES THEY DID NOT WORK; HE LOST TOTAL BRAKE POWER, DRIVER ALSO NOTES THAT THERE WAS NO NOISE OR ANYTHING WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *AK
ELECTRICAL FUEL SYSTEM MALFUNCITON.
BRAKES: WHEN DRIVING THE BRAKES WILL LOCK UP AUTOMATICALLY, THEN WHEN WANTING TO USE THE BRAKES, PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THEY WOULD NOT WORK. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL STOP IN MIDDLE OF WIPERS. WILL STOP FOR 10 SECONDS-1 HOUR OR SOMETIMES WILL STAY INOPERATIVE. THIS DEFECT CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
VEHICLE WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH WEAR INDICATORS ON THE OUTSIDE FRONT DISC BRAKES.
WHILE DRIVING HAD TO APPLY BRAKES, WOULD HEAR ABS SYSTEM KICKING IN, BUT BRAKES FAILED TO CATCH, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP NOW. *AK
WHEN COLD, OR AT FULL STOP, TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN IN OVERDRIVE. *AK
BRAKE CALIPERS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING ONLY ONE PAD TO WEAR DOWN.
THE HATCH DOOR OPENS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.
THE TRUCK HAS ABS. THE BRAKES GRAB AND RELEASE AND THEN DO NOT GRAB AGAIN AND WILL NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK
THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR HINGES ON THE INSIDE HAS RUSTED/CORRODED . *AK
STARTED TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT, VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKES. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED 3 TIMES.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS. *AK
ABS: WHILE DRIVING, DRY CONDITIONS, APPLIED ABS BRAKES, HEARD LOUD GRINDING NOISE, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, ACCORDING TO DEALER, BOTH ROTORS DESTROYED, PADS WORN, REPLACED ALL PADS AND ROTORS. *AK
ON TWO OCCASIONS THE BRAKES FAILED, ONCE WHEN LIGHT SNOW FELL AND A SECOND TIME IN WET WEATHER, HAS ABS ANTI-LOCK . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, APPLIED THE BRAKES, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION , SPEED 30MPH, THE BRAKES PEDAL BECAME VERY HARD, COMPLETE LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS. *AK PRIOR TO ACCIDENT, DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR, HOWEVER WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BECAUSE THE POWER BOOSTER FAILED, CONSUMER STATES BRAKES STILL DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. *SLC
BRAKE PADS WORN OUT FOR THE SECOND TIME.
THE FRONT END WILL NOT STAY IN ALIGNMENT, TRUCK PULLS TO THE LEFT . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
THE CONSUMER CALLED AND SET AN APPOINTMENT AND ON THE DAY OF HIS APPOINTMENT THE DEALER DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE RECALL AND HAD NO PARTS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAIL. *AK
WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
POWER DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS FAILED WHEN DOOR HANDLE ON OUTSIDE WAS PULLED AND DOOR WAS BEING UNLOCKED FROM INSIDE SIMULTANEOUSLY.
WHEN LOWERING THE REAR WINDOW THE VEHICLE VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING. *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, STATES THAT BRAKE SHOES HAVE WORN DOWN ON THE OUTSIDE RIGHT WITH ONLY 15,000 MILES, DEALERS DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CAUSE IS. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION TRAVELING 50 TO 55MPH AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
EGR VALVE FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO RUN ROUGH.
ABS BRAKES, CONTINUOUS WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE PADS, IN PANIC STOP DELAY IN STOPPING, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, IMPACT 12:00 , SPEED 20MPH. *AK
DURING EMERGENCY STOPPING, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR ON DRY OR WET PAVEMENT AND THE BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IA A REAREND COLLISION. *AK
DRIVING ALONG APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, TRIED TO STOP AND DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES AND EACH TIME THE BRAKES JUST DIDN'T WORK.
WHEN ABS BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE REAR END FISHTAILED. *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHILE DRIVING THE PEDAL WENT THE FLOOR , LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS, IN FOR REPAIR, FOUND THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM MOTOR BURNED OUT. *AK
DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY ONTO A RAMP , PUT FOOT ON THE BRAKE . THE BRAKES WENT ALLTHE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. *AK *SLC
DRIVING VEHICLE AT SPEED OF 30 MPH, INTERIOR COMPARTMENT FIRE, ELECTRICAL SHORT IN STEERING COLUMN AREA AND VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE, IN FOR REPAIR OF FAULTY BRAKE GROUND WIRE. *AK
USAGE OF DIFFERENT FILLERS IN BRAKE PADS CAUSED PADS TO WEAR OUT IN LESS THAN 15,000 MILES. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
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